The Division takes place in New York three weeks after a lethal virus is released on Black Friday. Basic services have failed. Society has collapsed. The President invokes Presidential Directive 51, and The Division, a top-secret unit of tactical agents, is activated. Division agents are trained to operate independently. When the lights go out, their mission begins.

Skylanders SWAP Force combines collectible real-world toys with an epic virtual game world, featuring 16 new SWAP Force characters, along with 32 core Skylanders characters and eight new LightCore characters.

The Division takes place in New York three weeks after a lethal virus is released on Black Friday. Basic services have failed. Society has collapsed. The President invokes Presidential Directive 51, and The Division, a top-secret unit of tactical agents, is activated. Division agents are trained to operate independently. When the lights go out, their mission begins.

CCP Games has entered into a creative partnership with filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur and his production company to bring the EVE Universe to television screens worldwide.

Promising "cutting-edge innovation and experiential digital entertainment" Activision will be displaying such titles as Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Skylanders Giants and Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron at the 2012 E3 Expo taking place at the L.A. Convention Center (June 5 — 7, 2012).

Activision announced that all parties to the litigation have reached a settlement of the Infinity Ward dispute, however the terms of which are strictly confidential. 

Ever since Bungie inked a publishing deal with Activision in 2010, rumors have flown about what kind of game the company best known for the Halo franchise would be creating. Aside from the code name, Destiny, not much information has left the walls of either company. That changed earlier today, when the Los Angeles Times leaked a copy of the contract between Bungie and Activision.

It's not really a surprise that Activision would be developing Black Ops 2, but Amazon France put up a pre-order page, which was then immediately pulled. As a result, the French media has received quite a bit of flak from the publisher.

Demonstrating its ongoing commitment to the development of new talent and creativity, Activision announced a call for submissions for the second Activision Independent Games Competition, an award program designed to foster innovation.

After a short flight delay, we've arrived in New York!  Haven't done much exploring yet. We got in, dropped off our bags, and headed off to a yummy dinner, but we'll start the touristy stuff in earnest tomorrow.

Due to our travel plans, we couldn't make the Forza 4 preview event, but Adam will be attending the Gears of War 3 multiplayer review sessions this week. Lucky bastard!

Rise of Immortals is an online, free-to-play PC game that expands on the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) genre with new innovative features designed to appeal to both core and casual players.

Rise of Immortals is an online, free-to-play PC game that expands on the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) genre with new innovative features designed to appeal to both core and casual players.

Call of Duty fans, prepare to engage: Activision takes the franchise’s intensity to new heights with Call of Duty XP 2011, the first-ever celebration for the Call of Duty community, packed with Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer reveal, $1 million tournament, live events, and celebrities.

Activision revealed its lineup of titles that it will have on display at the 2011 E3 Expo taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 7 - 9, 2011, such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, PROTOTYPE 2, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, X-Men Destiny and a slew of others...

Middleware developer Sundog Software has integrated its cloud and weather effects technology with Trinigy’s Vision Game Engine.

The Dark Eye: Demonicon is an action RPG featuring a strong story and dynamic battles, based on the original set of rules and the game world of The Dark Eye. An epic story, cinematically presented, as well as detailed characters and gripping quests are the results of the elaborate production.

Featuring an 83-song set list and access to far more music than ever before, as well as innovative new gameplay modes and instruments, Rock Band 3 will change the way fans think about and play music games.

The Weinstein Company announced a new initiative in the video game space by launching TWC Games, utilizing its strong and recognizable properties, and work with external partners to develop and publish video games for mobile, social, and console platforms.

We saw The Adjustment Bureau yesterday, and it was quite good. The chemistry between the two main actors (Matt Damon and Emily Blunt) was amazing. Comparisons to Inception are warranted, but only in terms of the type of movie, because Christopher Nolan's masterpiece is in a totally different league. Today we're heading out to the theater again to see Battle: L.A., which, according to box office predictions, is the #1 movie this weekend. Let's hope it lives up to expectations.

In case you had not yet noticed, we've been giving away download codes (PSN, XBLA, Steam) on our Twitter feed for various games, and I wanted to send congrats to the Beyond Good & Evil HD winners, especially this guy for being creative.

3D game engine provider Trinigy announced that upcoming versions of the Vision Game Engine will fully support Sony's next generation portable NGP gaming system.

3D game engine provider Trinigy announced that China based developer The9 has chosen the Vision Game Engine to support the development of a new, not-yet-titled MMORPG game.

NecroVisioN is a first-person horror shooter, which sees players taking on the role of American soldier Simon Bukner, who must fight his way through the bleak trenches of World War One and into the very jaws of Hell.

Activision Blizzard amended its counter lawsuit against two former executives, adding rival publisher/developer Electronic Arts, and added a hefty price tag on its claim, $400 million. Activision accuses EA of intentionally interfering with contracts, engaging in unfair competition and aided and abetted breaches of fiduciary duty by former Infinity Ward executives Jason West and Vince Zampella.

bitComposer Games is officially announcing the creation of bitComposer Online, the aim of the division is to develop, sell and distribute online browser games.